She closed her eyes, and all the events in her past life passed by like a revolving lantern: her father's straight spine when he was stripped of his official robe, the faded peace charm that her mother put into her hand before she committed suicide, her brother's silent shout of "go quickly" to her in the prison car, and her sister Yun Tang... The most beautiful and proud girl in the capital, her torn skirt, her empty eyes...
